Formation Flying

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It was time to brush up on some form flying. Since I wasn`t able to create a flight

with me as a wingman, I created 2 separate one-ship flights. My T.O. time was

2 min ahead of the other one. I wanted to wait for the other Eagle at the ramp and

then taxi behind him, form up on the runway and stay with him throughout the whole flight. Well, his time came - nothing happened. (I was looking around and

checking the map view) I waited 3 more minutes and decided to roll. As soon

as I got airborne I checked the map view again - there he was! Just started

taxiing. Son of a gun wanted to fly by himself! I wipped the plane around and landed as quick as I could. Caught up with him on the taxiway and followed

him on the runway. His big torches lit up before I had a chance to lign up.

Then he was all over the place until he got to his assigned altitude. Only then I was

able to close in and stay there Throughout the straight and level part of

the flight he was rock steady and the form looked great but as soon as it was time

to descend he went nuts again! Kicking the blower in and out, opening the break,

doing push-overs that would make your eyeballs pop out!

I set up his initial approach waypoint about 20 miles out hoping that he`ll have

enough time to stabilize for landing. Everything looked good until about 10 miles.

He decided it was time to climb Yes, the torches lit up again and off he went.

I tried to stay with him but it was impossible! I finally caught up with him and

at about 5 miles it started looking real good. But then he decided to slow down

to about 120kts. There was no way in hell I could controll the plane at that speed.

So I ended up few feet short of the runway and created a nice fireball :)

I guess I`m gonna have to wait till I get online or sign up with some squadron to

practice this sort of stuff.

 

Pics again: (I promise these are last!)

 

1) Closing in

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2) Almost

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3)In position

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4)Loose

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5) Form Landing

[Nesher 628]

wow.... nice work....

how many jets were there in the formation, only the 2 Eagles?

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wow.... nice work....

how many jets were there in the formation, only the 2 Eagles?

Only 2. My "drunk" lead and me.